Kitchen-cabinet.



No 699,702. Patented May I3, I902.

J. P. PALLANSCH.

Patented May-l3, |902.

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J. P. PALLANSCH. KITCHEN CABINET (Application filed Jan (No Model.)

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 699,702, dated May 13, 1902.

Application filed January 4, 1902. erial No. 88,456- (No modelfl T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, JOHN P. PALLANSCH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Freedonia, in the county of Ozaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Kitchen Cabinets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has relation to a novel construction of kitchen-cabinet specially de signed for raising dough and likewise adapted for use as a table and safe.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result reference is to be had to the following description and drawings hereto attached.

WVhile the essential and characteristic features of the invention are susceptible of modification, still the preferred embodiment of theinvention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cabinet embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, the door being open, the kneading-board partly drawn out, and portions being broken away. Fig. 3 is a central transverse section. Fig. 4 is a detail view showing more clearly the construction of the heater.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same referencecharacters. Y

The cabinet comprises a box-like structure mounted upon legs after the fashion of a tahis or stand. The upper portion of each of the legs is cut away to form a shoulder upon which the body or box rests. The body of the cabinet is closed at its bottom, top, ends, and back, the front 1 being hinged at its lower edge to the bottom, so as to swing outward and downward at its upper edge. Access is had to the interior of the box by means of the front. The kneading-board 2 slides beneath an end portion of the top upon cleats 3, and its front portion comes about flush with These pipes extend horizontally.

the hinged front 1 when the latter is closed and the kneading-board is shoved in. An edge portion of the front 1 is cut away, as shown at 4, for the reception of the projecting part of the kneading-board, thereby admitting of sliding the kneading-board in or out without requiring the opening of the front. When the front 1 is closed and the kneading-board 2 is drawn out, it isbraced and supported by means of the front, as will be readily comprehended. The box is of such construction as to provideasingle commodious compartment for reception of the dough when set to rise or to provide a stor age-chamber for the reception of food or other articles for safe-keeping. Grates 5 and 6 are placed upon the bottom of the box to hold the pan,vessel, or utensil a distance above the bottom to provide for a circulation of air therebelow, this being essential whether the cabinetis used for raising dough or as a provision-safe.

The grate 5 has a corner portion cut away, as shown at 5, so as not to obstruct the entrance of fresh air through the pipe 14:. A support 7 is located about centrally of the cabinet and braces the top and is provided with cleats 3 and 7" for supporting one side of the kneading-board and the upper grate 8, the latter being supported upon cleats in the samehorizontal plane, one cleat 7 'being attached to the central support 7 and the other cleat 7 to an end wall of the compartment. A series of hot-air pipes are located in the rear of the compartment and are of a size to admit of a free circulation of hot air therethrough. As shown, three pipes 9, 10, and 11 are provided. The pipes 9 and 10 are connected at one end by elbows, and the pipe 10 extends through an end of the compartment at the end remote from that con nected with the pipe 9. The pipes 9 and 11 are connected at one end by elbows, and the pipe 11 extends through theopposite end of the compartment. The hot-air pipe 9 is low ermost and is provided intermediate of its ends with a vertical pipe 12, which extends through an opening in the bottom of the box or compartment and terminates a distance above the floor, so as to receive the upper portion of the chimney of the lamp 13, by means of which the interior of the structure is heated. By having the upper portion of the lampchimney enter the lower end ofthe vertical pipe 12 all fumes, odor, and hot air are compolled to enter the said pipe 12 and the bank of pipes 9, 10, and 11, and circulating therethrough heating the interior of the structure by radiation. The hot air upon leaving the upper end of the vertical pipe 12 is divided and passes to the right and to the left through the pipe 9 and returns through the pipes 10 and 11 before escaping into the open air. Fresh air is suppliedto the interior of the compartment or structure by means of a pipe 14, which surrounds the pendent portion of the vertical pipe 12 and is of larger diameter, so as to admit of a circulation between then two pipes. The upper end of the pipe 14 terminates in the plane of the top side of the bottom of the box. The hot air from the lamp passing through the pipe 12 heats the said pipe, and by radiation the air between the pipes 12 and 14 is heated and an upward circulation established. The front 1 may be opened more or less to maintain a circulation of fresh air through the structure, or, if desired, a damper (not shown) may be provided in a Wall of the compartment, as will be readily comprehended. A thermometer (not shown) maybe used in connection with the structnreto maintain any desired temperature within the. compartment, the heat being regulated by turning the light of the lamp up or down, as may be required. When thecompartment is used as a provision-safe in summer, the lamp is not lighted and cool air may be circulated through the bank of pipes by connecting the pipe 12 with any source for supplying cold air. WVhen the structure is used for raising dough, the lamp is lighted, the flame being regulated according to existing conditions, so as to maintain the desired temperature within the structure essential to a thorough and quick raising of the dough. The kneading-board is supported independent of the front 1. The pipe 12 may reach to the burner of the lamp and take the place of the chimney. A ventilator 15 is located in the bottom near the front, by which circulation of fresh air can be regulated. When the compartment is used as a provisionsafe in winter, the lamp is so regulated as to keep the temperature above freezing-point, especially in cold winter nights.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. In a kitchen-cabinet, a compartment, a bank of pipes located within the compartment and connected in alternation at opposite ends, the end pipes of the series extending through opposite ends or walls of the cabinet, anda vertical pipe connected centrally with the lowermost pipe of the horizontal see ries for supplying either hot or cold air thereto, substantially as set forth.

2. In a kitchen cabinet, a compartment having an opening in its bottom, a series of horizontal pipes located within the structure and connected in alternation at opposite ends,

the end pipes of the series extending through opposite walls of the cabinet, a vertical pipe connected with the lowermost pipe of the horizontal series at a point midway of its ends, and a second pipe surrounding the said vertical pipe and in line with the opening in the bottom of the cabinet and adapted to supply fresh air thereto, substantially as set forth.

'3. The herein-described kitchen-cabinet comprising a compartment or box-like structure mounted upon legs and having an opening in its bottom, a central support within the compartment, upper and lower grates, a series of horizontal pipes located in the rear of the compartment and connected at opposite ends in alternation, the end pipes of the series extending through opposite ends of the compartment, a vertical pipe connected with the lowermost horizontal pipe and extending through the bottom of the compartment and adapted to receive the upper portion of a lamp-chimney, and a second pipe surrounding the vertical pipe and in line with the opening in the bottom of the compartment and terminating aboutin the plane of the top side thereof, substantially as and for the pur pose set forth.

In testimony whereof I aftix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN P. PALLANSOl-I. [L. s.] 

